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If It Was You
Rock · 2002 · 12 tracks

If It Was You

Tegan and Sara

A sharp, percussive pivot into indie rock. Brittle guitars and urgent twin harmonies capture the restless energy of early adulthood in two-minute bursts.

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It's the sound of two sisters turning their diary entries into the catchiest indie-rock panic attack you've ever heard.

A restless, high-velocity exploration of romantic anxiety and early-twenties self-discovery.

If It Was You · vs · Tegan and Sara
Basement Show+4.0σ

Basement Show saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 12 Tracks
01
Time Running
2:09
02
You Went Away
1:58
03
Monday Monday Monday
3:15
04
City Girl
4:00
05
Not Tonight
2:34
06
Underwater
2:48
07
I Hear Noises
3:33
08
Living Room
2:48
09
Terrible Storm
3:26
10
And Darling (This Thing That Breaks My Heart)
1:44
11
Want to Be Bad
3:53
12
Don’t Confess
4:32
Moments Worth Waiting For
the frantic, breathless pace of Time Running that sets the album's high-stakes emotional tone in just two minutes
the percussive handclaps and rhythmic vocal interplay during the bridge of Living Room
the shift from sparse acoustic picking to a full-band surge in the closing minutes of Don't Confess
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